Heppner snaps Marshfield’s league winning streak mark

Heppner defeated Union 32-0 last week for its 56th consecutive league victory, snapping the state record of 55 straight league victories set by Marshfield from 1994-2000.

Heppner entered the season with 54 straight league victories and opened Blue Mountain Conference play with a pair of shutouts — 43-0 over Stanford and 32-0 over Union — to set the new state record. Heppner will look to continue its streak Friday against Pilot Rock, which is 4-0 this season.

Sheldon cannot set the outright record for longest league winning streak even if it finishes 5-0 again in the Southwest Conference this year. The Irish have won 51 straight league games dating back to 2000 so another unbeaten league finish would give them 56 straight league wins, meaning that even if Heppner loses this week the Irish would tie the record at best.

If Heppner wins this week, Sheldon would have to wait at least another season to challenge that record.

Thanks to Mal Van Meer for updating these records.

Speaking of Sheldon, I must make a correction to today’s story about its opponent on Friday, South Medford. The Panthers are 3-1 this season, not 2-2 as I reported. I had the wrong result from South Medford’s game against Sunset as the Panthers won that game.

Steve Mims covers Oregon football, men's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. He has been a sportswriter at the paper since 1999 and covered high school sports while also reporting on Oregon football in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as well as men's basketball during their Elite 8 run in 2007 and trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013.